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Lars Eide

@larseide.bsky.social
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Lawyer, civil servant (ret.) Norwegian, European and US Politics. Climate Change. #StandWithUkraine #FreePalestine #DefendGreenland

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Russia is the enemy of humanity
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
“Under Donald Trump, the formula for American authoritarianism has been distressingly simple: Trump crosses one line after another—usurping congressional powers, mounting an insurrection, ordering prosecutions of his enemies—and Republicans go along.”
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As Trump Abuses the Press, Republicans Cheer Him On
His allies excuse and defend his ban of CNN, MS Now, and Politico.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
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Verdens Vang @hansvang.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ydstebø er bekymret for at Raymond Johansen er for ytterliggående i sin kritikk av Israel #dax18
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/m...
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Flock Cameras. Canoodling Lawyers. How Much Surveillance Are We Comfortable With? (Gift Article)
Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can’t look away.
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Christopher Pahle @tophepahle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Har skrevet kronikk med de dyktige folka Inga Strümke og Ida Thorsrud, om regjeringens ugyldige argumenter mot å innføre forbud mot Metas smartbriller.
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Regjeringens knefall for Meta
Det virker som Karianne Tung har glemt hvem hun jobber for.
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Eirik Mosveen @mosveen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Jeg tenkte at alle sikkert lurer (veldig) på hva jeg mener om VM i fotball og Norge og Oslo. Derfor denne artikkelen, som er gratis:
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Byen som hadde et større hjerte enn den var klar over
Siden 17. juni har Oslo vært drømmenes by. Og en drøm å leve og bo i.
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Dette er mer enn én telefon fra Trump til Infantino. Det er Det hvite hus med Howard Lutnick og sønnen til Rudy Giuliani. Det er det amerikanske fotballforbundet med hjelp fra advokater i Det hvite hus. Og det er så motbydelig som bare Trump får til. #dax18 www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Inside the White House push to get Folarin Balogun back on the field
President Donald Trump got involved minutes after the U.S. striker received a red card that would have banned him from a crucial match.
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Eivind Trædal @eivindtraedal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Jeg merker meg to ting: 1) Aftenposten utmerker seg med å ha en stall av kommentatorer som inntar en trans-kritisk linje 2) Aftenpodden-gjengen var over seg av begeistring da grifteren Bari Weiss slapp sin dokumentar om JK Rowling, og anbefalte den helhjertet. www.m24.no/aftenposten-...
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Kan mediene være litt mer sånn som René og Jonas neste juni?
«Det handler ikke bare om hvilke tekster som publiseres, det handler om hvem skribentene er; nemlig Aftenpostens egne ansatte kommentatorer og spaltister», skriver Jon Martin Larsen.
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Miljøpartiet De Grønne @mdg.no · 16/06/2026
Vi sikret 100 millioner til Oslofjorden! 🐟 Pengene skal bidra til å få livet tilbake til fjorden, med naturrestaurering, fjerning av vrakbåter, nitrogenfjerning, sterkere oppfølging av fiskeforbud og støtte til fiskere som må omstille seg. Sånn motiverte til å kjempe videre for en ren Oslofjord! 💚
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
OTD in 1989 absolutely nothing happened at #Tiananmen Square. Anyone who says otherwise will disappear.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/06/2026
👀 The opening day of Putin's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum features a stark reality check with a vital oil terminal ablaze.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/06/2026
⚡NATO chief Mark Rutte issued a direct warning to Russian youth, stating they are being deceived and "sent to die" in Ukraine. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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"You Are Being Sent to Die": NATO Chief Issues Stark Warning to Russian Youth
General Mark Rutte warns young Russians they face death in Ukraine, noting Russia loses 30,000 troops monthly, exceeding Soviet losses in Afghanistan.
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
«A special tribunal akin to Nuremberg will not only force Russia to explain its culpability, it will show how vital it is to uphold international law.» #ruleoflaw #StandWithUkraine www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Putin's cabal must be brought to trial for crimes in Ukraine. With this plan, the world can do that | Gordon Brown
A special tribunal akin to Nuremberg will not only force Russia to explain its culpability, it will show how vital it is to uphold international law, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
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Eirik Mosveen @mosveen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I to og et halvt år har disse to messet om at Oslo står på kanten av det økonomiske stupet. Jeg har ikke tatt det med en klype salt, men en sekk grov havsalt. Les, lik og del (som vi sa i gamle dager).
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Blakke kjærkerotter som plutselig har fått ræva full av penger. Er ikke det mistenkelig?
Har de snakket sant om pengene våre?
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Norman @noaasm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The European Commission will adopt a decision this week that would privilege European satellite operators in a move designed to curb the European expansion of Elon Musk´s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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EU to favour European satellite services to head off Musk’s Starlink
The EU's decision to give European satellite operators priority could risk a backlash from the Trump administration. #EuropeNews
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Super Intelligence @volvo240.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
«Geelmuydens uttalelser åpner for en ny og interessant innfallsvinkel til den norske modellen, som åpenbart også farger enkelte arbeidsgiveres holdning til sine egne ansatte og til streikebryteri. Er du uenig i ­streikegrunnlaget, kan du gjøre som du vil!», skriver @jonasbals.bsky.social
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Upstairs & downstairs på Karl Johan
Vi ser en ny form for kapitalisme i hvitøyet.
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Tankesmien Civita @civita.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Kristenkonservatismen har et påfallende selektivt forhold til frihet, skriver Lars Fr. H. Svendsen:
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Hvorfor jeg ikke er kristenkonservativ
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FairAndBalanced @ksteigen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Den ukrainske ambassadøren er i Kirkenes og har svært mye interessant å si. Kanskje vi skal se mer på «fight» enn på flight-strategi i grenseområdene? Sterk tale uansett. Fra en venn med skoene på, for å si det mildt. «You can not outrun totalitarian evil».
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 18/05/2026
The EU’s six largest economies want to break political deadlocks preventing the bloc from creating a U.S.-style financial market in a crunch meeting later this month.
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EU supergroup concocts latest plan to rival Wall Street
Brussels has cautioned the so-called E6 countries to consider how other governments will perceive their work.
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Miljøpartiet De Grønne @mdg.no · 24/04/2026
Norge må finne tryggere alternativer som ikke er knyttet til Trump eller andre autoritære regimer.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...
Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X
Because we get asked a lot.

The Technological Republic, in brief.

1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation.

2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible.

3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public.

4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The Palentir statement on its desired “Technological Republic” is one of the scariest things I have seen in a while. It is a call for a world dominated by an authoritarian U.S., generated by AI (both the statement and the world), run by tech-surveillance companies. Technofascism pure!
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.wsocial.eu · 19/04/2026
A decisive step for Europe’s digital future. The European Commission has awarded a €180 million, 6-year contract to European cloud providers, strengthening our capacity to manage sensitive data under EU rules. 1/2
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Forsberg™ @magnusforsberg.no · 12/04/2026
Jeg skriver i @dagsavisen.bsky.social i dag om norske mediers manglende forståelse for botter, falske kontoer, astroturfing og alt annet som kan få engasjement til å fremstå større enn det virkelig er. Fint om dere liker og deler fra alle kontoene deres!
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Jag känner en bot
Hvis mediene skal fortsette å la Facebook være toneangivende, må de lære seg hvordan Facebook virker.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/04/2026
Just after Israel's attack on Hezbollah in 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government offered issistance to Iran, the key sponsor of Hezbollah. And now Vance is in Budapest, supporting Orban. From Catherine Belton wapo.st/41RvEFd
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After pager attack on Hezbollah, Hungary offered help to Iran
Revelations about a 2024 call offering assistance raise questions about Hungary’s ties to Iran as the Trump administration backs Prime Minister Viktor Orban for reelection.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/04/2026
"Among the president’s initial war goals—preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon; eliminating its ballistic-missile capabilities; ...overthrow of the regime; and eradicating Iranian proxies in the Persian Gulf—none have been met." from Nancy Yousseff www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted
U.S. declarations of victory ring hollow.
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
TV2 gjør det alle medier nå burde gjøre - trekke inn psykiatrisk ekspertise i et forsøk på å forstå Trump. Les intervjuet med Jon Gerhard Reichelt, tidligere sjef for Forsvarets sanitet og psykiater i Forsvarets spesialkommando - nå også kjent fra Kompani Lauritzen. www.tv2.no/nyheter/mili...
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Militærpsykiater om Trump-trusler: – Ondsinnet galskap
Lege og offiser Jon Gerhard Reichelt mener presidenten snakker på en måte som setter både sivile og soldater i en farlig situasjon.
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
In Hungarian election, Trump and Putin are backing Viktor Orban www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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In Hungarian election, Trump and Putin are backing Viktor Orban
Viktor Orban, who has built strong ties to the MAGA movement and the Kremlin, faces a tough electoral challenge from center-right candidate Peter Magyar on April 12.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A joint journalistic investigation found out that Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó had acted on behalf of Russia to delist sanctioned Russians and try to repeal an EU sanctions package. This call is from August 30, 2024. Link to full story in first comment.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 31/03/2026
"All this time Putin had, and still has, a mole in all European and NATO official meetings. If the integrity of these meetings is to be maintained, it would be appropriate to ban Hungary from all of them. Every generation has a Kim Philby” theins.press/en/inv/29091...
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Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks
A hotline between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave Moscow strategic information on critical EU…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/03/2026
The US tried to pressure Ukraine to surrender. Instead, this is what is still happening, every day
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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"To call ICE agents Trump’s Brownshirts would be an exaggeration, but not by much." ✍️ Ian Buruma bit.ly/4cej49A
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The age of American fascism | The Observer
ICE raids, imperial ambitions, mass rallies and attacks on ‘elites’ have led some to claim that the US is heading toward dictatorship. The historical evidence helps to decode Trump’s politics of fear
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"De siste 20 - 30 årene har vi importert praksiser som langsomt undergraver våre institusjoner." Les @bentsofus.bsky.social i Klassekampen om amerikaniseringen av det norske samfunnet, og hva følgene blir når vi lar USA sette standarden for våre egne valg. klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
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Farlig amerikanisering
Skal USA få fortsette å sette standarden?
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
World press is reacting to the U.S-Israel bombing of Iran. The Argentinean @pagina12ok.bsky.social says one is "knocking on the gates of hell". @politiken.dk warns that the "consequences are unpredictable". @elperiodico.com says "and now...Iran". @tagesspiegel.de writes "New war in the Middle East".
Facsimiles of the front pages of Pagina12, Houston Chronicle, Politiken. The Age, Sunday Express, Tagesspiegel and El Periodico, 1 March 2026.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is an excellent @propublica.org long read on one of the most dangerous men in the U.S.: Russell Vought.
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
www.dagsavisen.no/kommentar/de...
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Demokratiet etter korrupsjonsskandalen: Hva kan vi lære av Latin-Amerika?
Epstein-filene har skapt en historisk tillitskrise i Norge. Det kan være lurt å skue til Latin-Amerika for å finne veien ut av uføret.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026
I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽 Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson. youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Remembrance is not a violation #RemembranceIsNotAViolation
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Jamil Smith: "If regret does not compel responsibility, it amounts to little more than moral convenience, a way to soothe conscience while leaving power & consequence unchanged. If they are truly sorry for supporting Trump, they must do more than just say so." Excellent piece! tinyurl.com/ytncf5u3
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Einar Wilhelmsen @einarwilly.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Nytt kart! Hvilken natur er planlagt nedbygget i din kommune? Nå du sjekke- hva er planlagt nedbygget- og hva slags natur er det der? Veldig nyttig verktøy for kommunepolitikere, organisasjoner, naboer og alle andre! www.sabima.no/kart-over-pl...
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Hvilken natur er planlagt nedbygd i din kommune?  - Sabima
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Janosch @janoschjdf.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
„Poland is now investigating possible links between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence. The chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, told DW that he "wouldn't be surprised" if such connections existed.“ Deutsche Welle
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Statssekretæren fra Klima- og miljødepartementet er forbausende effektiv i å støte fra seg unge velgere som er opptatt av klima og miljø. #sirkulærøkonomi #dax18
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Lars Eide @larseide.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
For de som måtte ha glemt Thorbjørn Jaglands tiltredelseserklæring i 1996 - her er «Hallo i ukens» versjon. #dax18 radio.nrk.no/serie/hallo-...
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20-årskavalkade - Hallo i uken - NRK Radio
Lytternes ønskerepriser fra 20 år med humor, satire og sketsjer i P2s nest morsomste program.
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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Gift article for your reading pleasure. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
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